eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Cloud security fundamentals are the core requirements that ensure data protection, regulatory compliance, and access management in a cloud environment. Understanding cloud security challenges and knowing the cloud security tools available in the market significantly contribute to enhanced cloud security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in the code of the Rhysida ransomware that allowed them to develop a decryption tool. Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s Iran’s turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked : According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks, providing its operators a broad menu of remote commands to alter, disrupt, and monitor how customers use their phones.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

How encryption can help address Cloud misconfiguration. So, whichever way you go, there is, across time, a very high likelihood that a CSP's encryption, tokenization, or key management scheme will be misconfigured either by the CSP itself or by the CSP user. Bring your own encryption (BYOE). Tue, 11/16/2021 - 06:15.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

The AI and quantum spin-out from Alphabet uses the Sandwich framework for the Cryptoservice module in its SandboxAQ Security Suite, currently used by several U.S. government agencies, global banks, telcos, and tech companies. SandboxAQ today introduced an open-source cryptography management framework built for the post-quantum era.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Cloud security management is the process of safeguarding cloud data and operations from attacks and vulnerabilities through a set of cloud strategies, tools, and practices. The cloud security manager and the IT team are generally responsible for managing cloud security.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. We discussed why encrypted flash drives have become established as a must-have portable business tool in the digital age.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. Network Security Product.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

Even the most advanced and sophisticated security tools are failing to protect against ransomware and data exfiltration, according to a new report from data encryption vendor Titaniam. The organizations affected had solid cybersecurity measures, but nonetheless experienced significant data security failures. The solution?

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 24, 2024

The exchange of securities between parties is a critical aspect of the financial industry that demands high levels of security and efficiency. Triparty repo dealing systems, central to these exchanges, require seamless and secure communication across different platforms.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2020

Once inside a network, they move laterally to locate and encrypt mission-critical systems; a ransom demand for a decryption key follows. In many cases, the lateral movement phase is being facilitated by the hijacking of an ubiquitous network administrator’s tool: Windows Active Directory, or AD. I’ll keep watch.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Rebecca Krauthamer , Co-founder and CPO, QuSecure Krauthamer As new standards for quantum-resilient cryptography come into effect, many government agencies will move toward quantum-readiness. Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

The US NCSC and the Department of State published joint guidance on defending against attacks using commercial surveillance tools. In the last years, we have reported several cases of companies selling commercial surveillance tools to governments and other entities that have used them for malicious purposes.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of the basic principles for securing a data lake will be familiar to anyone who has secured a cloud security storage container. However, data lakes add additional elements such as data feeds, data analysis (data lake house, third-party analysis tools, etc.) Data Lake Security Scope.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Infamous cyber opsattributed to Russia-backed hackers fall into a pattern that’s worth noting: • C yber a ttack s on Estonia (2007) Websites of Estonian banks, media outlets and government bodies get knocked down in a dispute over a Soviet-era war memorial. • This means company leaders must do their due diligence.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 3, 2019

I recently had the pleasure of sharing some industry insights from our 2019 Data Threat Report-Federal Edition on Cyberwire’s Daily Podcast –specifically addressing the gap in security responsibility many federal agencies face today as they move tremendous amounts of sensitive data into multicloud environments.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2021

Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity calls for MFA and Data Encryption. The Order, which has a broad concept, aims to strengthen cybersecurity for federal networks and outline new security standards for commercial software used by both businesses and the public. Multifactor Authentication and Data Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Organizations have a variety of options for cloud deployments, each with its own set of capabilities and security challenges. The responsibility for protecting these cloud resources is shared, with the cloud provider responsible for infrastructure security and customers responsible for access, application security, and data management.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Stayin’ Alive, targeted high-profile government and telecom entities in Asia. The tools have no code similarities with any known tool used by other threat actors. All the tools connect to the same infrastructure, which is associated with China-linked APT ToddyCat.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it. ” reads the report.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage security issues refer to the operational and functional challenges that organizations and consumers encounter when storing data in the cloud. Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The growth of DevSecOps tools is an encouraging sign that software and application service providers are increasingly integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This article looks at the best commercial and open source DevSecOps tools and what to consider when evaluating DevSecOps solutions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

Enterprise Secrets Management Explained: Best Practices, Challenges, and Tool Selection madhav Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:28 Whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, modern applications and integrations have accelerated the need for digital secrets. This includes sensitive data such as passwords, encryption keys, APIs, tokens, and certificates.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Multi-cloud is a cloud computing strategy that enables businesses to run their applications and services across multiple private and public cloud platforms, so securing multi-cloud environments is a complicated task. Multi-cloud security is critical for protecting data across multiple public and private clouds, but how does it work?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

Security vendors and startups use deception techniques to confuse and befuddle attackers. If an attacker is spending time and energy breaking into a decoy server, the defender is not only protecting valuable assets, but also learning about the attacker’s objectives, tools, tactics, and procedures. But it can work the other way.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hybrid cloud security is a framework for protecting data and applications in a computing environment that includes both private and public clouds. It combines on-premises and cloud-based resources to satisfy an organization’s diversified computing demands while ensuring strong security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). As cybercrime flourishes and evolves, organizations need a fleet of tools to defend and investigate incidents.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Nearly half of EDR tools and organizations are vulnerable to Clop ransomware gang tactics, according to tests by a cybersecurity company. Government has offered a $10 million reward for information on the threat actors. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage.

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Adam Levin

JULY 19, 2019

The Kazakhstan government is intercepting all HTTPS-encrypted internet traffic within its borders. Under a new directive effective 7/17, the Kazakhstan government is requiring every internet service provider in the country to install a security certificate onto every internet-enabled device and browser.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Application programming interface (API) security is a combination of tools and best practices to secure the all-important connections between applications. API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls.

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